How To Wear A Sweater Vest - Style Guide For Men ñ Menís Sweaters - Fashion Tips
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Iím Antonio Centeno, the founder of Real Men Real Style.
Today weíre going to be talking about sweater vest and how to wear them.
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Okay, sweater vest ñ how to wear them.
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The first thing you need to pay attention to when you get a sweater vest is you need
to make sure it fits you properly.
So, go out there and try numerous ones on.
Understand that different companies make different styles.
Usually, the less expensive sweater vest, theyíre going to fit really loose because
theyíre trying to fit as many different body types as possible.
The higher end ones, especially coming out of Italy, those are going to be more contoured
toward an athletic manís build.
And if you are in good shape or youíve got a fit build or a normal build, you may want
to lean towards that.
If you got a really big, hefty build, then, you know, youíre going to want to look at
a number of styles and just find one that fits you well.
Next, you want to make sure that the clothing you wear with this fits well ñ you know,
as well.
So, you want to make sure your dress shirts are well fitted and everything complements.
Youíll notice that ñ I mean, this looks, I think, good on me because my jacket is well
fitted.
My sweater vest or the sweater vest fits well and the shirt underneath is contoured to fit
my body.
Iím going to take the jacket off here in a second, so that you can see the look Iím
going for.
And if you want to understand why you should wear a sweater vest, thereís another video
that we did.
Weíre going to link to that one down below as well.
So, the different looks that you want to go for ñ monochromatic ñ thatís one look.
And thatís where you go for a single color and everything is kind of like a shade or
a variant of that color.
And thatís what Iím going for here.
So, you see Iíve got a blue sports jacket on, with the blue sweater vest along with
a blue shirt.
The only color which your eyes are being drawn to is the pocket square and I did that on
purpose.
Thereís a little bit of ñ well, maybe not any blue, actually in this pocket square but
I like it and it really makes it pop.
And youíre drawn to that area but youíre also drawn to the lighter color up here around
my neck and then up to my face.
Now, I could have accentuated this with a tie.
And let me show you a couple of options.
This is a great tie right over here from Charles Alexander neckwear and you can see that this
green with the blue would work very nice ñ yeah, one of my favorite ties.
Youíve probably seen this if you watched any of my videos or looked at this in my pictures,
youíve maybe, seen this tie before.
Now, I could have gone also with a lighter shade that would still be very subtle and
would work well.
But here ñ again, Iím not going with the blue but Iím going with a bit of a lavender.
And you can see there is blue in here, so a dark blue and a light blue and the white.
So, all of these would work with the clothing Iím wearing here.
Now, if I wanted to go with something that really pops, boom.
And what Iím introducing, you know, also a unique pattern but also a color that really
stands out.
And if I were to wear these together, I would probably go with something more muted on the
pocket square because I would want to draw attention to this little bit of the tie that
sticks up.
In addition, if Iím wearing a tie, Iíd probably button this top button here.
Now, the rules, when it comes to buttoning and how to wear the sweater vest, so letís
go ahead and talk about, you know, how to button and when to unbutton your sweater vest.
Okay.
The top button is optional.
You wear ñ if you button up that top button, youíre going to be going for a more buttoned
up look.
But the bottom, like, when it comes to suits, always leave the bottom unbuttoned.
So, you can even actually unbutton the bottom two depending on how long it is and how well
it fits you.
But I like to normally leave the top one undone and the bottom one undone.
If youíd seen other videos of me in the sweater vest, sometimes, I leave the top one undone
or buttoned up.
Either way, it looks fine.
Itís almost the same rules ñ in fact, pretty much the same rules when it comes to jackets.
Okay.
So, weíve talked about the monochromatic look.
Iím going to take a step back.
But thereís also the ñ you can go with a contrast look.
And the higher contrast look is when you introduce a sweater vest or a vest that has a lot of
color and is very variant from the other clothing that youíre wearing.
So, in that ñ with that blue, with the blue shirt, if I was wearing ñ letís say a red,
a dark ñ letís say a burgundy.
You know that would actually look really sharp.
And I would still be able ñ but I would probably still want to wear a muted tie and I would
draw a little bit more attention to that pocket square ñ or maybe not.
Iíd have to see how it all looks together.
But the big thing is that Iím introducing a color with that sweater vest.
Now, if I had a sweater vest that actually had a check pattern in itÖ
Öand really stood out.
Maybe it was more of a blood red, then I would want to definitely mute down my accessories.
So, thatís something you need to pay attention to because I think a well dressed man, heís
always best served whenever heís only got one, at most, two items, which are going to
draw attention to themselves.
And one of those items, if he has two items, I say, should remain hidden unless he decides
to show it off.
So, you know, one thing you didnít see on my green jacket is when I opened that ñ when
I open up my green jacket, itís got a purple, really bold purple inner lining.
And I can hide that from most people.
But if I took it off, you know, people would see that and it would draw a little bit of
attention to itself.
So, really that, in a nutshell, talks about, you know, how you could wear a sweater vest.
I recommend ñ I like sweater vest especially during the winter.
Obviously, theyíre functional.
But they give this very nice monochromatic look.
Iíve got ñ you canít see my trousers but Iíve got a dark pair of trousers on.
And by having the dark sweater vest with the dark trousers, it allows the eyes to go up
and down, creates a slimmer, more masculine look.
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